Christmas sparkle

A quick post today as my youngest is nagging me to have his turn on the computer. The card I'm sharing with you today is a simple Christmas card with tonnes of glitter and sparkle. The digital stamp is from Bugaboo and is coloured with Copic markers. The Christmas ornaments he is sitting on are peel-off stickers on acrylic - I then used Stickles glitter glue to colour in the different sections. By popping up the cut-out ornaments, the sparkle quotient is maximized! The background papers are Basic Grey.

And now off the computer I go so that my DS can watch those so-very important you-tube videos.

Challenges:
ABC Challenge - Deck the halls
Basic Grey Challenges - Christmas
Card Makin' Mamas - Christmas
Copic Marker Europe - Christmas
Crazy Challenge - Christmas time
Emergency Crafters - Deck the halls
Jingle Belles - anything Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes Christmas

Mother's day card

It's a bit late sharing, but I had to make sure my Mom had seen the card before I shared it here on the blog. This is her (late) Mother's Day card made with Basic Grey papers, peel-off outline stickers and Copic markers.

Supplies:

• Basic Grey "Sweet Threads" patterned papers
• Elizabeth Craft Designs "Tulips" peel-off outline sticker
• Copic markers
• Spellbinders "Floral ovals" die
• Spellbinders "Beaded ovals" die
• Spellbinders "Ironworks" border die
• Buttons from stash
• Pearls from stash

Challenges:

• Basic Grey - anything goes
• CMC - anything goes with Copics
• Crafts & Me - flowers
• Cute Card Thursday - pink & green
• Flourishes - use a flower

• Midnight Madness - sketch
• Pink Elephant - buttons galore
• Southern Girls - die cut or punches
• Top Tip Tuesday - dig out the old (the buttons are over a year old)
• Truly Scrumptious - anything goes

A cup of thanks

My mother runs a volunteer tea at her local teahouse and she asked me for a set of thank you cards that could be used for her volunteers. I made 3 sets (of 4 cards each). I've already shared 2 of the sets and here is the 3rd.

The image is an older one from Mo's Digital Pencil - isn't he a little sweetie? The patterned paper is Basic Grey, the cardstock is Bazzil. The lacey doily embellishment is actually cut from a larger sheet of Basic Grey. The flowers are either Prima or Recollections (I can't remember which).

Challenges:
2 Sisters - anything goes
365 Cards - pink, animal, DP
Basic Grey - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (flower, doily, pearl)

Craftymess Challenge - pink & cute

Creative Belli - animals

Creative Craft Challenges - animal antics

Mo's Digital Pencil - anything goes with Mo

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Ruby's Rainbow - pink & brown

Finally unpacked ... sort of

Update: This card was chosen as one of the top 3 at Simply Create! Yay!

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I have finally completed my move, unpacked the majority of my boxes, and set up my crafting supplies. It's been so long since I've done anything creative (does arranging pots & pans in the cupboards count as creative? I think not) that I decided to start back with something simple.

I used one of my favourite digital stamps - "Follow the leader" from Pollycraft - which I coloured using Copic markers. The papers are from We R Memory Keepers. I needed a boost for my creativity so I chose this sketch from Scrapbook Essentials BC.

Now that I've broken the crafting drought, I'm going to get working on more Easter cards so that I can donate a bunch (including this one, of course) to BC Childrens Hospital (via Send A Smile 4 Kids Canada).  

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - winged things

iCopic Challenge - animal

Moving Along With the Times - lots of layers (I used 4)

Papercrafting Journey - make it cute (what's cuter than duckies)

Simon Says Stamp - 3 different papers

Simply Create Too - add sunshine to your day

Sisterhood of Crafters - use a digi

Stamp Man - colours of Spring/Easter

Truly Scrumptious - all creatures great & small

Pearls & swirls

Before I tell you about today's card, I first have some very exciting news ... I'm being published for the very first time!!!! I just heard from Scrapbook News & Review (SNR) that they have accepted my "Pretty in Pink" scrapbook page layout for the June edition of their online magazine.

But on to my card. Today I made a Christmas card (yes, I know it's June but it's always good to be prepared) for the Winter Wonderland challenge.

I wanted to make a different fold and found this diamond fold template at Prick and Stitch. It was surprisinly simple to make and I quite like how dimensional and interesting it looks. 

For the card I used Basic Grey "Eskimo Kisses" paper along with a pale blue Bazzil cardstock. The stamp is from Magnolia and coloured with Copics. I'm particularly pleased with the girl's hair as this is the first time I think I've ever succeeded in properly shading/highlighting hair. It isn't obvious in the photograph but I added small pearls scattered on the paper along with larger pearls at 4 of the corners.

Recipe:

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  Magnolia, stamp
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  Basic Grey, "Eskimo Kisses", patterned paper
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  Bazzil cardstock
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  Copic markers
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  Spellbinders nestabilites, scalloped ovals
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  Pearls (stash)
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  Prick and Stitch, diamond-fold template

Challenges:

• Winter Wonderland - love
• Totally Papercrafts - more than one fold
• The Crafty Pad - swirls & pearls (swirls in the paper, pearls added throughout)
• Crafty Ho's Challenge - anything goes
• Colour Create - pastel blue and baby pink
• Corrosive Challenges - die cuts (I used nestabilities for matting)